A Work in Progress: The Lost Valley



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The Lost Valley
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mixed media 9


step 1 of 26

i duplicated the first grass image, so it will fit the canvas.

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step 2 of 26

i blend the images with a mask and merged them

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step 3 of 26

did the same with grass 2 image

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i blended the two grass images to one

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step 5 of 26

duplicated the merged grass image and placed them on top of each other

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step 6 of 26

placed the dune image below the grass layers

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step 7 of 26

i blured the layers to create deep of field

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step 8 of 26

i clipped hue/saturation and curves adjustment layers to make far objects to apper brighter

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step 9 of 26

i opend the pumpkin image, chopped it, erased the stalk and painted shadow on a new layer

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step 10 of 26

i choped the windowswith out the lintel in order to preserve the pumpkin texture.

then i used the pen tool to make the lintel arc, made a selection out of it and used hue\saturation adjustment layer to darken the selection

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step 11 of 26

chopd the door from the wood texture. used same technique as the windows to create the shadow part

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step 12 of 26

same way as before i created the door lintel.

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step 13 of 26

again, used curves adjustment layers to add highlights to the lintel outer edge

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step 14 of 26

chop a step from the stairs image and transformed it to fit the angle.
then dodged and burned it according to the light source, duplicated it a few times and placed the layers beneath the door.
i added shadow beneath the stairs on the grass and on the pumpkin.

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step 15 of 26

chopped the cork and transformed it.

used curves adjustment layers to create shadow and highlights.

placed it on the pumpkin and created soft wide shadow on the pumpkin and thin shadow line underneath the pumpkin.

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step 16 of 26

chopped the chimney and transformed it .

used the filter liquify to change the top of the chimney.

used hue/saturation and curves adjustment layers to darken and highlight according to the light source.

all so i used gussian blur to for depth of field

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step 17 of 26

i made a smoke like selection, filled it with white and used filter render clouds.

changed the layer to screen mode and applied filter distort wave.

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step 18 of 26

chopped the stones, duplicated some of them, transformed them and place them around.

created shadows to each stone

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step 19 of 26

i applied gussian blur to the stones, the value shuld be according to the distance from the pumpkin.

clipped curves and hue/saturation adjustment layers to each stone to brighten and darken them according to light source and distance

used grass brush on a mask to blend to stones to the grass layers


blured the stones according to the distance

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step 20 of 26

chopped the trees, duplicated them, transformed them and used mask to create different kind of leaves.

again blured them and clipped hue/saruration layers to create depth of field

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step 21 of 26

chopped the laundry, duplicated the layer, transformed it and bluerd according to distance.

used smart filter so i can use a gradient on the filter mask. distance laundry should apper more blured

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step 22 of 26

chpped the water whell and blured it

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step 23 of 26

added the stream. used a mask and painted the stream banks with grass brush

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step 24 of 26

used the channels window to select the waterfall and chop it

transformed it to fit the water wheel and blured it a bit.

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step 25 of 26

duplicated the waterfall layer and transformed it.

used filter motion bluer on it to create movement

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added some adjustment layers to make a better blending of all the image parts

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Final result

Creation of The Lost Valley: Final Result

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